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'''''Alternative Right''''' is an [[alt-right]] website created by [[Richard B. Spencer|Richard Spencer]] and Colin Liddell<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/03/1070576/-Right-wing-eZine-sinks-to-new-low-calls-for-Black-Genocide|title=Right-wing eZine sinks to new low; calls for "Black Genocide"|work=Daily Kos|date=Mar 3, 2012}}</ref><ref name=SPL>{{cite web|url=http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/03/15/paleocon-starts-new-extreme-right-magazine/|author=Keller, Larry|date=March 15, 2010|title=Paleocon Starts New Extreme-Right Magazine|accessdate=May 23, 2011}}</ref> in 2010 and the "New Alternative Right" webzine, edited by Liddell and Andy Nowicki, that was created when the first website was shut down in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/domestic-extremism-terrorism/c/alt-right-a-primer-about-the.html|title=Alt Right: A Primer about the New White Supremacy|date=February 10, 2016|publisher=Anti-Defamation League}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2014/10/21/eating-their-own-several-feuds-erupt-among-white-nationalists|title=Eating Their Own: Several Feuds Erupt Among White Nationalists|date=October 21, 2014|first=Keegan|last=Hankes|work=Southern Poverty Law Center}}</ref> Richard Spencer's ''Alternative Right'' was hosted at AlternativeRight.com and funded by [[National Policy Institute|NPI America]] before Spencer shut it down, saying it was too much work to manage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irehr.org/2014/06/27/who-is-richard-spencer/|title=Who is Richard Spencer?|first=Devin|last=Burghart|date=June 27, 2014|work=IREHR}}</ref>

The site's [[White nationalism|white nationalist]] stance has attracted criticism from the [[Anti-Defamation League]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.adl.org/extremism/richard-spencer-a-symbol-of-the-new-white-supremacy|title=Richard Spencer: A Symbol Of The New White Supremacy|date=May 14, 2013|work=ADL Blogs}}</ref> and it has been described by ''[[The Atlantic]]'' as being a "white supremacist" site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewire.com/politics/2013/05/jason-richwine-says-hes-no-racist-has-tough-time-spotting-racism/65167/|title=Jason Richwine Says He's No Racist, Has Tough Time Spotting Racism|author=Reeve, Elspeth|date=May 13, 2013|work=The Wire}}</ref>

In 2012, ''Alternative Right'' published an article written by Colin Liddell, entitled "Is Black Genocide Right?"<ref name="ARgenocide">{{cite web |title=Is Black Genocide Right? |url=http://www.alternativeright.com/main/the-magazine/is-black-genocide-right/ |work=Alternative Right |last=Liddell |first=Colin |date=February 14, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218040216/http://www.alternativeright.com/main/the-magazine/is-black-genocide-right/ |archivedate=February 18, 2012 |quote=While they were, like all low IQ people, at one time useful as dumb labor, technology has long since made them non-economical. The world in general would be better off if they went extinct.}}</ref> It stated that the [[Black people|black race]] "has contributed almost nothing to the pool of civilization" and satirically asked "whether Black Genocide is something worth considering"; after drawing widespread criticism, the article was deleted from the site.<ref name="genocide">{{cite web|url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/40222_National_Reviews_John_OSullivan-_On_the_Board_of_Directors_of_a_White_Nationalist_Group|title=National Review’s John O’Sullivan: On the Board of Directors of a White Nationalist Group}}</ref>

In May 2013, Yahoo! News reported that Jason Richwine, then a scholar at the [[Heritage Foundation]] and co-author of a controversial study on the costs of amnesty, had published an article and blog at ''AlternativeRight.com'' in 2010. [[The Rachel Maddow Show]] publicized these findings in a segment of the program on May 9, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/maddow-rips-conservative-think-tank-for-immigration-study-co-author-who-claimed-latinos-have-lower-iqs/|title=Maddow Rips Conservative Think Tank For Immigration Study Co-Author Who Claimed Latinos Have Lower IQs |date=July 23, 2013|author=Feldman, Josh|work=Mediaite.com}}</ref>

In July 2015, Stephanie Saul of ''[[The New York Times]]'' interviewed Colin Liddell about the Alternative Right.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alternative-right.blogspot.com/2015/07/podcast-32-lady-from-new-york-times.html|title=Podcast 32 The Lady from New York Times |date=July 5, 2015}}</ref>

==Criticism==
''Alternative Right'' has been an object of criticism from both the left and right wings. Examples of the former include the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], which has characterized the site as "yet another [[Far-right politics|far-right]] magazine," as well as "loaded with contributors who...have long lamented the white man's decline."<ref name=SPL/> [[Conservatism|Conservative]] critiques include E. D. Kain's contention at [[True/Slant]], that "the far-right-wingers at Alternative Right represent the ugly – and yes [[racism|racist]] – underbelly of [[alt-right|'alt' conservatism]]. This is [[white nationalism]], folks, dressed up in faux-intellectualism."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trueslant.com/erikkain/2010/03/13/richard-spencer-and-the-ugly-white-nationalism-of-the-alternative-right/|publisher=True/Slant|title=Richard Spencer and the ugly white nationalism of the Alternative Right|author=Kain, E.D.|date=March 13, 2010 |accessdate=May 27, 2011}}</ref>

In March 2010, Spencer was interviewed by Tim Mak of ''FrumForum'', the online magazine of [[George W. Bush]] speechwriter [[David Frum]]. Mak concluded that ''Alternative Right's'' "ideas belong in some sort of padded room," and that its writers are "going to be white nationalists, but, by God, they’re going to be a little fancy about it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frumforum.com/the-new-racist-right/|title=The "New" Racist Right|date=March 8, 2010|author=Mak, Tim|work=FrumForum|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725080008/http://www.frumforum.com/the-new-racist-right/|archivedate=July 25, 2015|deadurl=yes|accessdate=May 29, 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://alternative-right.blogspot.com/ Alternative Right Blogspot]

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